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Ostroleka
POLAND



 



THE CYNKUS FAMILY
Ostroleka, Poland
cir 1911-2
 

Sura nee Windenberg and husband Hersz Josek Cynkus (Cinkiewicz) and their children Freida, Leika and Michel.
Hersz Josek came to the U.S. in 1905 where he found work in a sweatshop. A year later he returned to Poland. In 1914 he went  to Russia, returning once again to Poland in 1920. In 1923 he returned to the U.S. with son Michel.

 

Sura Cynkus
Lomza, Poland
1907

Sura Cynkus
passport photo

Children
Michel, Lejka and Frieda
Jul 1914

Hersz Yosek
Cynkus

Hersz Yosek
(Harry Joseph)
Cynkus
New York City
1905

 


 


 

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